Mangle.



PATENTED NOV. 6, 1906.

G. T. GILMORE.

MANGLE.

APPLICATION IILED AUG.22,1904.

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MANGLE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.22,1904.

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MANGLE.-

APPLICATION IILED AUG.22,1904.

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"a citizen of the United States, resi Chicago, in'the county of Cook and State of CHARLES T. GILMORE, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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Be it lmown that I, CHARLES T. GILMORE, at

Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Mangles, of which the following is a specification.

M invention relates to an improvement in thec ass of steam-heated mangles for laundrywork; and it consists in the general as also in v the more specific details of construction and combinations of parts forming the mangle which I have devised for the purposes of generally improving the ironing-work of the machine and adapting the latter to have parts of its ironing equipment transposed from one position to another or added toat will to suit the re uirement or desire of the user.

' In t e accom anying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side e ovation of the frame; Fig. 2, similar view of the gearing, showing the frame in dotted lines; Fi 3, a longitudinal vertical section throu h t e ironing mechanismwith the frame s own in dotted lines;

Fig. 4 an enlar ed view in elevationof a broken section the frame carrying an adjustable detail for yieldingly holding a roll against the steam-chest with which it cooperates, and Fig a section taken at the I in the drawings, because-of the'nature of the! Views selected for illustration; but the oppoframe is composed of bed-rails, like that repa support for bearings d, v

thereon for parts hereinafter described. On

hne 5 on Fig. 4 and viewed in the direction of.

the arrow. 4

Only one side of the frame A is represented site side is a counterpart of that shown. The

resented at a,- with a semicircular concave bearing tending therefrom with brace-ribs a befeed side of the machine,is shown a bracket 0, containing an oblique guideway c for a urpose hereinafter ex lained. Each side 0 the frame thus described may .be cast in" one iece. On the top of each'rail a. is bolted, to e concentric wltllfi thfi: concpavp1 befarin b' therein a semicirc ar a e ra' a 0 5, and d fastened the delivery end of each side ofthe frameis vremovabl bolted a bracket extension A thereof, orming\ a shiftable frame-section carrying a bea d and-havin bolted to it, at its forward en ,one side A o the foldingtable. usually provided. on a mangle of the Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed August 22, 1904. Serial No. 221,692.

a rotate the eccentric.

ends for the ends of a bbetween itsends, and legs 0/, of which three are provided foreach rail,"'ex- Patented Nov. 6, 1906.:

present class at delivery side. On the feed end of each rail a is bolted a sup ort e for the res ective end of the usual bas et or box for ho ding the supply of articles to be 'mangled and which are carried thereto on a pole upon which the goods are hung, the pole eing supported at its opposite ends in seats, like the seat f represented on the upper corner of the basket-support.

' At B B are shown similar bearings, which are illustrated in detailin Figs. 4 and 5, and

involve each the following-described construction: A rectan ular plate 9 is provided near its lower end with a circular opening havin a flange 9 forming a hub and aflording a caring for an eccentric h on a shaft 72/,

andle (not .8 own') for turning the shaft to The shaft it passes through a yoke 71 near its lower end, having a cross-piece '2' extending between its arms near their lower ends, the yoke-arms having concave bearings 'i 'formed in their upper pin is, passing transversel through the, arms of another upper oke Z inverted relative to the yoke 'i and aving its arms confined between those of the lower yoke, which are formed on their inner faces withguides, as shown, to permit the up er yoke to reci rocate vertically under the control of a sti coiled spring m,

"which isfastened at its 0 posite ends respectively to the pin 7: an the crossiece 'i.

' The yoke lcontainsan elongated slot above made angular at one end, as shown at to permit the application to it of an operatmg- 1 its arms and has a sleeve Z formed to project from the innerside of its upper end to form a roller-bearing conta 1n its outerjend a chamber 1 for packing 4 to be lubricated through an opemngli One of these bearthe frame and on each bracket A by bo t' the plate g thereto and screwing a' heade pin 11. into the frame through the slot Z in the upper yoke Z, whichis confinedlaterally between uides 0, projecting upward from the top 0 the frame.

From the foregoing description of the construction of the bearing B t will be understood that it may be bodily raised or lowered on its plate 9 by turnin the shaft 72/ to turn ,the eccentric haccor ingly and that the yoke I may be raised relative to the yoke '1. against the resistance of the spring m, which tends to hold it down with the pin is against its bearings 71". Similar blanketed hollow 'ZLHgS B is provided on each of the end le s of rolls C, C, and C are journaled at their opi posite ends in the sleeves Z of the respective earings B, andbelow each of said rolls is supported to extend parallel therewith across the frame a steam-chest G which may be of the usual kind employed in steam mangles, I receiving. its supply of heating-steam through one pipe p and exhausting through another pi e p. Between the rolls C and C is jour na ed in the bearings basteam-heated dryto engage the eccentrics of both bearings.

The gist of the improvement involved in the construction of the bearing B lies in forming it of a lower member, such as the yoke .11, and an upper member, suchas the ates with theapronE where the latter passes yoke l, seating on the lower member and yieldingly held to .its seat by a connectingspring, and, providing means for raising and lowering the two members together without thereby varying the. tension of the spring,

which tension, however, is variable by moving the upper member relative to the lower member, as by the passage under theroll of difierent thicknesses of material undergoing the mangling operation.

An endless apron E asses about a uide roller g, journaled in earingsat as, t ence about the. cylinder D, from which it passesabout a guideroller g, journaled in thebearings (Z and thence over a guide-roller d, journaled in the bearings (1, over guide-roll: ers g andg journaled, respectively, in bear-. ings at w and 20 over guide-rollers g and g journaled, respectively, inbearings x and at on the frame, over a guide-roller g, j ournaled at m in the brackets c, and'over a roller g having its ends confinedin the oblique guideways 0, whereby its weight is yieldingly carriedby the apron E to take u any slack in the latter, and thence to the ro ler g. Asupplemental endless apron E cooperabout theroller g, this supplemental apron passing about guide-rollers 1" and r, ournaled, res actively, in bearings y and. 'y on plates. y, lgolted to. the plates provided with the bearingsd which last-named plates also have bearings .y and also bearings 1 for journaling the third roll r about which the supplemental apron E asses, and. between. which and the cylinder a deflecting-guide 8 extends. w r

A pinion,1 on the drive-shaft t, journaled in bearings at 12 and carrying a belt pulley,

(indicated at t, Fig. 2,) meshes with a gearwheel2, carrying a I inion 3, both journaled.

in bearings at v. T epinion 3 meshesv with a gear 4 adjacent .to one end of the cylinder.v

to rotate the latter in the direction of the .arrow on Fig. 2. The gear 4 drivesItherollC by meshingwith an idler 5, journaled in the bearings y and meshing with a gear 6 on that roll, and it also drives the roller g by meshing with a gear 7 upon it, as also the rolls C and O through the medium of the train of gears shown in Fig. 2, ofwhich 8 is an idler a gear 9 on the roll 0, and 10 another idler j ournaled in the bearings 41 to mesh with the gear 9 and with a. gear 11 on the roll C The operation is as follows: With the maparts indicatedby arrows an article to be ironed is inserted at its edge, with the right side or face down, between a guard-roller (represented at win Fig. 3) and the rollv C,

smoothed on that side' and. dried. At the deflector s the article is directed at its leading edge between theaprons E and E about the down, meantime-ventilating it, between the right side against ,the surface of the latter.

The roll C feeds thearticleand again irons it on. the right side across. that steam-chest,

the foldin'getable at A to give it the-finishing polish. Y

When the rolls 0, C, and C are out .of use, they maybe raised bodily and supported out of contact with their respectivesteam-chests pose, and. when therolls are down in cooper springs mhold themyieldingly to permit ar-x sticles to-be ironed of any thickness to be fed to be mangled.

By providing oneor more of the ironers,

steam -chest, onjeach side of the cy inder D the articles to be man led may be first thor-.

smoothed on the Wrongside, and, after being to polish'and finish them, with the result of all varieties. of laundry articles have it onthefeed .end it will be interposed.

j ournaled in the bearings d and meshing with chine running according to the directions of which clamps it against the hot surface of the.

side in contact therewith,- whereby it is.

roller q, and theapronE carries it right side whence it .is fed between the roll 0 and the steamchest under it and; across thelatter to across them, the nut m undeneachcross-piece 1' servin for regulating the tension of the.- spring re ative to the th nner class of. articles each consisting-of a roll cooperatin witha oughly ironed .on t e right side, then dried and ventilated, again on the right side turning out perfect work with the machine on The attachmentA may be applied for the user .to either end of themachine by. merely bolting it in. place. Thus if it be. desired. to.

between the basket-supports e and v the frame.

roll 0 and the adjacent steam-chest, with its by properly turningthe shafts h for the pur-v ative relation to the steam ches.t surfaces .the

and then the table ends A will be bolted directly upon the delivery end of the frame. Moreover, the attachable character of the part A adapts any desired number of ironingrolls and steam-chests to be added to themachine, so thatauser beginning with the mangle in its sim lest formnamely, with one of the rolls and its cooperating steam-chest at one or at each side of the cylinder D, may add other rolls and steam-chests at either end or at both ends, as it becomes desirable and his business enables 'him to do so.

As the improvement herein relates primarily to the provision of an ironing-roll and steam-chest on each side of the cylinder and endless-traveling'apron equi ment cooperating with the cylinder and rol and also in the separately-attachable-section feature of the machine, I do not to=be understood as intending to limit my invention to the particular details of construction'and combinations of parts herein shown and described, since they may be variously modified without departing from the invention. Moreover, the adjustable bearingB may be usediao advantagewhere only one ironing-roll is pro-' videdto cooperatewith the steam-chest and thee linderD. i .g

' at I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is e 1. In a steam-mangle, the combination with a frame, 'of a drying-cylinder journaled thereon, an ironing-roll and a steam-chest cooperating" therewith at each side of said cylinder,- endless apron-carrying means for articles to be mangled cooperating with said rolls and cylinder, and frame-sections carrying a supplemental ironing-roll and'steamchest and separably secured on one end of.

said frame, said rolls, cylinder and carrying means being cooperatively geared together,- substantiallyas described. r

2. "In a steam-mangle having a dryingtylinder j ournaled on its frame with an lroningroll surmountinga steam-chest and an endless apron geared with-said'cylinder and roll to cooperate therewith, the combination with the frame, of frame-sections separably secured on one end thereof and carrying a steam-chest, a To] bearing on each said section comprising a lower yoke, an upper yoke vertically movable onsaid lower yoke, a spring resiliently connectingsmd yokes together and anoperating-shaft carrying a cam engaging said. lower yoke, and an ironin roll journaled on' the upper yokes of said bearings to surmount and cooperate with said steam-chest, substantially as described.

3. In a steam-mangle having a-framecarg an ironing-roll surmounting a steamc est, a bearing on the 'frameforsaid roll, comprismg a lower member-and anup" er rollournaling member separably seat ng thereon, a spring forming the connecting medium between said members, and means with it the roll to raise and lower it re ative to the steam-chest, substantially as described. 5. In a steam-mangle having a frame carryling an ironing-roll surmounting a steamc est, bearings forsaid roll, eachcomprising a plate secured to the frame,'a lower yoke supported on said plate, an upper yoke, on which said roll is journaled, vertically movable onsaid lower yoke, a spring resiliently connecting said yokes together, and an operating-shaft carrying a cam on said plate engaging said lower yoke for bodilyraising and. lowering the bearingand with it the roll to raise and lower it relative to-the steam-chest, substantially as described.

'6. In a steam-mangle having a frame carr "g an ironing-roll surmounting a steamc est, bearings for said roll, each comprising aplatese'cured to the frame, a lower yoke su portedon said plate to be vertically mov ab e thereon and having a cross-bar between its arms, a shaft carrying an eccentric working in o enings in saidplate and yoke, an upperv yo e rovided wlth an elongated s lot through which to secure it to saidframe and carrying at its upper end a roll-journaling sleeve, said .upper yoke telescoping at its arms with those of the lower yoke and carr ing a pin to seat upon the upper end of t e lower yoke, and a spring connecting said yokes together at said pin and cross-bar and provided with a nut for adjusting its tension, substantially as described. iio

7. In a steam-mangle, the combination with a frame,of-a drying-cylinder journaled thereon, stea -chests on opposite sides of said'cylinder and an ironing-roll surm'ounting eachst'eam-chest, bearings for each roll, 11 5 "each comprising a lower yoke securedto the frame, an upper yoke, on which the roll is journaled, vertically movable on said lower yoke, a spring resiliently connecting said yokes together, and a cam engagin said :20 ower yoke with means for it to bodily. raise and lower the 'bearing'and with it the roll to raise and-lower it relative to its steamchest, an endless apron carrying means for articles to be mangled, cooperating with said r a 5 with a frame, of a drying-cylinder journaled 1 o thereon, :asteam-chest and -.an ironing-roll endless apron at the guide'rollerwhich leads IO surmounting it journaled on the frame at it from said cylinder, said rolls, cylinder and each side of said cylinder at the feed and deendless apron being cooperatively geared tolivery sides of the machine, an endless apron gether.

extending about said cylinder from said feed v CHARLES T GILMORE 'side, guide-rollers directing said apronfrom I the cylinder-aboveand across it to the ironing In presence of roll at the delivery side of the machine, and a F. M. W'IRTZ, supplemental apron cooperating with said WALTER N. WINBERG. 

